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In Memoriam: Jeffrey Ralph Pettit

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From: Vanderbilt Law Review
Date: 19971001
Author:Emerson, Ralph Waldo

To Laugh Often and Much

To Win the Respect of Intelligent People and

Affection of Children

To Earn the Appreciation of Honest Critics and

Endure the Betrayal of False Friends

To Appreciate Beauty

To Find the Best in Others

To Leave the World a Little Better

Whether by a Healthy Child

A Garden Patch

Or a Redeemed Social Condition

To Know even One Life

Has Breathed easier

Because you have Lived

This is to Have Succeeded -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jeff Pettit was a success in every sense of the word. In his alltoo-short twenty-seven years, Jeff set a lofty example of kindness, ...

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